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Apple To Unveil iPhone 6 In August, Earlier Than Expected – Report

Apple Inc will unveil the next incarnation of its popular iPhone series in August, one month earlier than industry watchers were generally expecting, Taiwanese media reported on Friday citing unidentified supply-chain sources. A 4.7-inch screen version of the iPhone 6...

Pfizer Under Fire In Europe, U.S. As It Weighs Next Astra Move

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer (PFE.N) is under fire on both sides of the Atlantic as it weighs its next move to buy British rival AstraZeneca (AZN.L), which could be a sweetened offer next week. A strategic question for Pfizer and its...

Banks To Return $4.66 Billion In Crisis Loans To ECB Next Week

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Banks will return 3.365 billion euros ($4.66 billion) in long-term crisis loans to the European Central Bank next week, less than expected but more than this week as banks trim down their reliance on ECB funding and return to...

Omnicom, Publicis Call Off Proposed $35 Billion Merger

The $35 billion merger of U.S.-based Omnicom and France's Publicis collapsed on Friday after a battle for control destroyed plans to create the world's largest advertising agency. The deal, heralded in July as a merger of equals that would enable...

Canada To Invest $5B In Producing 3,000 Megawatts Of Solar Power In Nigeria

L-R VICE PRESIDENT - AFRICA, SKYPOWER GLOBAL, BENOIT FORTIN, CHARLES EMETULU, GOVERNOR EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN AND NIGERIAN MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, TRADE AND INVESTMENT - OLUSEGUN AGANGA, SHORTLY AFTER SIGNING THE MEMORANDUM FOR THE GENERATION OF 100MW OF ELECTRICITY IN DELTA...

China Can Grow Economy By About 7.5 Percent In 2014: Premier

China is confident about expanding its economy by around 7.5 percent this year, Premier Li Keqiang was quoted by the official Xinhua news agency as saying on Thursday, in line with the government's growth target. The remarks from Li, who...

Apple’s Head Of North America Sales To Depart

Apple Inc's head of North America sales, Zane Rowe, will leave the company and will be replaced by Doug Beck, who oversees sales in Japan and Korea. "Doug Beck has done a great job helping to grow Apple's business in...

Billionaire Brothers Plead Not Guilty As Mammoth Hong Kong Graft Case Begins

Billionaire brothers Thomas and Raymond Kwok, co-chairmen of Asia's largest developer, Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, pleaded not guilty on Thursday in Hong Kong's biggest corruption case since the anti-graft agency was formed 40 years ago. The case has thrown...

At China’s Alibaba, Chairman Ma’s Dealings Raise Red Flags

Part-way through Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's long-awaited IPO prospectus was a subtle, but striking, warning: investors should know that lead founder and executive chairman Jack Ma might work against the company's best interests. The acknowledgement, on page 42 of a...

Dangote To Stabilize Cement Price Through Direct To Customer Delivery Strategy

Amid cheers from the shareholders for a good outing in the year 2013, Chairman of Dangote Cement Plc, Aliko Dangote, has pledged that his company would intensify direct-to-consumer deliveries as a means of stabilising the price of cement in...